It was here that England defeated Australia by one wicket in the third Test of the 2019 Ashes. A Ben Stokes miracle gave cricket one of its greatest matches. But the 1981 Ashes Test — thanks to Ian Botham\u2019s century, following on, and Bob Willis\u2019 fiery fast bowling \u2013 remains even more famous.<\/p>\n
Though nobody quite expects such a finish like that on Wednesday, when India takes on the Netherlands in the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup, the players are sure to cherish their experience of playing on this fabled venue: this is only the second Women\u2019s T20I here. The seamers on either side would be particularly keen to see how the ball behaves on the ground where the bowlers of their ilk have had a lot of success in the past, because of the overhead conditions, though recently runs have flowed freer.<\/p>\n